St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-19
EDUCATION IN DAKOTA.
Successful Teachers Institutes
Being Observation-Disclosures Dye
OOin0 Some Good Work.


Being Held--Superintend Dye
Doing Some Good Work.
To the Editor of the Globe.
The systematic work of the territorial
board OF education is making itself felt
from one end of the territory to the
other.
The institute held at Devils Lake was
much like protracted mass meeting.
The conductor opened the series with a
lecture on the Saturday evening (Noy.
81 preceding institute week, and
earnestly requested his auditors to give
the movement their undivided support.
Supt. J. Z. Cowan. with characteristic
energy. had secured the services of the
best Speakers of the city, and the even
ings were occupied by such men as
Hons. III. w. Lord. J. V Brooke. Prof.
W. Weed, RevS. i. Z. banks, +. B.
Doran. DR.. ii. ID. Perciyal and others,
whose addresses may be judged by the
fact that every succeeding evening
found a larger audience, until no hall
was capable of accommodating the
crowd. Supt. Dye was present the
last evening, and delivered an address.
The daily sessions were attended by the
teachers of the county, the pupils OF the
High school and many of the citizens,
and were characterized by hard work
a Yeritable normal school. Mr.. Plckert
was assisted by Prof. Weed. of the city
schools, and by other prominent teach
eTs, and Supt. Dye took an active part
in the last DAYS work. He impressed
the teachers with the necessity of max
ing the work of the common schools
more
PRACTICAL AND LESS THEORETICAL.
Schools are supported by the people
for the purpose of training men and
women for the stern realities of life, and
are failure i'm so far as they send forth
the pupils without the power to think.
The work of the week resulted in send
ing the teachers back to their schools
with clearer knowledge of their duties
and how to perform them, in awakening
the citizens to a sense of their direct
responsibilities, and III closer relation
ship between patrons, pupils. teachers
and officers. Supt. Cowan will find
recompense for his hard work in the
educational condition OF the entire
county.
Supt. Dye went to Grand Forks Satur-
dav to confer with Assistant Supt. +. A.
Wilson upon business of the depart
ment, returning TO Lakota Wednesday,
where he took part in the Nelson county
institute, leaving the next day for Fps
witch, where he joins Prof. Dempster in
similar work.
Supt. J. NJ. Myers had a full attend
ance of the Nelson county teachers, and
gave Conductor Pickert full house Sat
urday evening. Nov. -. The institute,
though not large. was not one whit less
energetic than others of greater num-
beers. A county association was organ
lied. and the week was closed by an adj
dress by Col. Homer B. Sprague, presi-
dent of the University OF North Dakota,
upon Milton as an Educator" Presi-
dent Sprague'S fame as profound
thinker and accomplished orator would
render any complimentary notice super
f1uous. Let Dakota secure few more
such men as Presidents Sprague and
McLouth and 1.-THE states'' will have to
look to their la1relS.
Institutes announced for the future
are as follows: Nov. 2l-25. Hope: Nov.
2s-Dec. 3, WahpetOn: Dec. SO, BrittOn.
IakOta Nov IS